Also means
match
Usage Note
entsprechen takes a dative object: you entsprechen a standard or wish, meaning to 'correspond to' or 'meet' it. Its present participle entsprechend is hugely common as an adjective/adverb meaning 'corresponding(ly)' or 'appropriate'.
Examples
"Das entspricht nicht der Wahrheit."
Natural Translation
That does not correspond to the truth.
Literal Translation
That corresponds not the truth.

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